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From: Turk McGee <>
Subject: Re: [FOLKLORE-L] Preachers
Date: Mon, 05 May 1997 21:28:51 -0400


My comment... and my soap box.

When my baby died I was totally out of it. The funeral was arranged by
others. I honestly don't remember getting there, I was in such a fog. I
remember starting to hear what the preacher was saying and thing... this
is rather hell and brimstone for an infants funeral!! Then he said....
this chaild died because the parents do not come to church every Sunday.
This is God's way of getting their attention. I started to stand up....
and my mom literally jumped into my lap... she knew I was going to kill
him. Then I saw my aunt sitting on my cousin... in fact there were a lot
of people in other peoples lap!! LOL

Oh well, might as well finish the story. He died on Easter so this was 3
days later. Mom whispered... just go out to the cemetary and calm down
some. So I drove there and parked at the side of the road. There was a
fine misty rain falling. In about 20 minutes the hearse pulled up, no
funeral procession. The yound man in the herse picked up the tiny
coffin, tucked it under his arm like a footbal and made a dash for the
tent. He slipped and fell, landing on his butt. The coffin hit the
ground and the baby rolled out onto the wet ground. He literally scooped
the baby back inside and ran under the tent... he never reopened the
coffin to straighten him up, dry him off, just dropped him there. I
left.... and do not remember the next month... it is a blank... and I
had nightmares for years.

Turk

God kills you babies to get your attention? Who is this god, Baal?

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